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The Influence of Grain Size Distribution on Mechanical Compaction and Compaction Localization in Porous Rocks (2022)
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The modes of formation of clastic rocks result in a wide variety of microstructures, from poorly-sorted heterogeneous rocks to well-sorted and nominally homogeneous rocks. The mechanical behavior and failure mode of clastic rocks is known to vary wit... Read More about The Influence of Grain Size Distribution on Mechanical Compaction and Compaction Localization in Porous Rocks.

In Situ Self‐Assembly of Nanoscale Particles into Macroscale Ordered Monolayers with Enhanced Memory Performance (2022)
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In situ fabrication of macroscale ordered monolayers of nanoparticles (NPs) on targeted substrates is highly desirable for precision electronic and optical devices, while it remains a great challenge. In this study, a solution is provided to address... Read More about In Situ Self‐Assembly of Nanoscale Particles into Macroscale Ordered Monolayers with Enhanced Memory Performance.

Insights into the biochemical and biophysical mechanisms mediating the longevity of the transparent optics of the eye lens (2022)
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In the human eye, a transparent cornea and lens combine to form the “refracton” to focus images on the retina. This requires the refracton to have a high refractive index “n,” mediated largely by extracellular collagen fibrils in the corneal stroma a... Read More about Insights into the biochemical and biophysical mechanisms mediating the longevity of the transparent optics of the eye lens.

A reappraisal of explosive–effusive silicic eruption dynamics: syn-eruptive assembly of lava from the products of cryptic fragmentation (2022)
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Silicic volcanic eruptions range in style from gently effusive to highly explosive, and may switch style unpredictably during a single eruption. Direct observations of subaerial rhyolitic eruptions (Chaiten 2008, Cordón Caulle 2011–2012, Chile) chall... Read More about A reappraisal of explosive–effusive silicic eruption dynamics: syn-eruptive assembly of lava from the products of cryptic fragmentation.

Biofunctionality with a twist: the importance of molecular organisation, handedness and configuration in synthetic biomaterial design (2021)
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The building blocks of life – nucleotides, amino acids and saccharides – give rise to a large variety of components and make up the hierarchical structures found in Nature. Driven by chirality and non-covalent interactions, helical and highly organis... Read More about Biofunctionality with a twist: the importance of molecular organisation, handedness and configuration in synthetic biomaterial design.

The Evolution of Paleo-Porosity in Basalts: Reversing Pore-Filling Mechanisms Using X-Ray Computed Tomography (2022)
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Often carrying a high-volume fraction of vesicles, basaltic rocks can be an important reservoir horizon in petroleum systems, and are considered an excellent candidate for CO2 storage by in situ mineral trapping. The frequency of amygdaloidal basalts... Read More about The Evolution of Paleo-Porosity in Basalts: Reversing Pore-Filling Mechanisms Using X-Ray Computed Tomography.

Scratching beyond the surface — minimal actin assemblies as tools to elucidate mechanical reinforcement and shape change (2022)
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The interaction between the actin cytoskeleton and the plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells is integral to a large number of functions such as shape change, mechanical reinforcement and contraction. These phenomena are driven by the architectural regu... Read More about Scratching beyond the surface — minimal actin assemblies as tools to elucidate mechanical reinforcement and shape change.

Biogenic silver nanoparticles-modified forward osmosis membranes with mitigated internal concentration polarization and enhanced antibacterial properties (2022)
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Thin-film composite forward osmosis (TFC-FO) membranes show the potential to be applied in water treatment applications. However, the TFC-FO membrane performance was limited by internal concentration polarization (ICP) and membrane fouling. In this s... Read More about Biogenic silver nanoparticles-modified forward osmosis membranes with mitigated internal concentration polarization and enhanced antibacterial properties.

Aided- and self-assembly of the liquid crystalline nanoparticles in bulk and in solution: computer simulation studies (2023)
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We review computer simulation studies of aided and self-assembly of nanoparticles that are decorated with liquid crystalline (mesogenic) ligands, termed hereafter as liquid crystalline nanoparticles (LCNPs). In bulk, LCNPs self-assemble into ordered... Read More about Aided- and self-assembly of the liquid crystalline nanoparticles in bulk and in solution: computer simulation studies.

Perspectives on viscoelastic flow instabilities and elastic turbulence (2022)
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Viscoelastic fluids are a common subclass of rheologically complex materials that are encountered in diverse fields from biology to polymer processing. Often the flows of viscoelastic fluids are unstable in situations where ordinary Newtonian fluids... Read More about Perspectives on viscoelastic flow instabilities and elastic turbulence.

Identification and quantification of ionising radiation-induced oxysterol formation in membranes of lens fibre cells (2022)
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Ionising radiation (IR) is a cause of lipid peroxidation, and epidemiological data have revealed a correlation between exposure to IR and the development of eye lens cataracts. Cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness around the world. The pla... Read More about Identification and quantification of ionising radiation-induced oxysterol formation in membranes of lens fibre cells.

Behavior of Citrate-Capped Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles on a Supported Lipid Bilayer Interface at Atomic Resolution (2022)
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Nanomaterials have the potential to transform biological and biomedical research, with applications ranging from drug delivery and diagnostics to targeted interference of specific biological processes. Most existing research is aimed at developing na... Read More about Behavior of Citrate-Capped Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles on a Supported Lipid Bilayer Interface at Atomic Resolution.

Yielding, shear banding, and brittle failure of amorphous materials (2022)
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Widespread processes in nature and technology are governed by the dynamical transition whereby a material in an initially solid-like state, whether soft or hard, then yields. Major unresolved questions concern whether any material will yield smoothly... Read More about Yielding, shear banding, and brittle failure of amorphous materials.

Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry (2023)
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Stereogenic sp3-hybridized carbon centres are fundamental building blocks of chiral molecules. Unlike dynamic stereogenic motifs, such as sp3-nitrogen centres or atropisomeric biaryls, sp3-carbon centres are usually fixed, requiring intermolecular re... Read More about Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry.

Identifying a Hidden Conglomerate Chiral Pool in the CSD (2022)
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Conglomerate crystallization is the spontaneous generation of individually enantioenriched crystals from a nonenantioenriched material. This behavior is responsible for spontaneous resolution and the discovery of molecular chirality by Pasteur. The p... Read More about Identifying a Hidden Conglomerate Chiral Pool in the CSD.

Understanding the Interaction of Gluconamides and Gluconates with Amino Acids in Hair Care (2022)
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A hair care mixture formed from a gluconamide derivative and 3-hydroxypropyl ammonium gluconate is known to strengthen hair fibers; however, the mechanism by which the mixture affects hair is unknown. To give insight into the aggregation of the targe... Read More about Understanding the Interaction of Gluconamides and Gluconates with Amino Acids in Hair Care.

Molecular clusters in confined spaces (2022)
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Confinement chemistry is a growing field with many potential applications in the synthetic, catalytic and especially pharmaceutical industries. Confinement of materials can reveal novel properties as compared to their bulk. They can also give insight... Read More about Molecular clusters in confined spaces.

Modeling the dynamics of partially wetting droplets on fibers (2022)
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We simulate gravity-driven dynamics of partially wetting droplets moving along a fiber using the lattice Boltzmann method. For the so-called clamshell morphology, we find three possible dynamic regimes upon varying the droplet Bond number and the fib... Read More about Modeling the dynamics of partially wetting droplets on fibers.

Integral Role of Water in the Solid-State Behavior of the Antileishmanial Drug Miltefosine (2022)
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Miltefosine is a repurposed anticancer drug and currently the only orally administered drug approved to treat the neglected tropical disease leishmaniasis. Miltefosine is hygroscopic and must be stored at subzero temperatures. In this work, we report... Read More about Integral Role of Water in the Solid-State Behavior of the Antileishmanial Drug Miltefosine.

A minimal model of elastic instabilities in biological filament bundles (2022)
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We present a model of a system of elastic fibres which exhibits complex, coupled, nonlinear deformations via a connecting elastic spring network. This model can capture physically observed deformations such as global buckling, pinching and internal c... Read More about A minimal model of elastic instabilities in biological filament bundles.